24 April 1848

Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880

Document

Title: Orders No. 75

Signed by L. Thomas. Docket reads "No. 75." Designates days and times for mustering and inspecting troops.

GLC00911.81

27 April 1848

Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880

Document

Title: Orders No. 78

Signed by L. Thomas. Docket reads "No. 78." Discusses exportation duties on gold and silver.

GLC00911.82

11 May 1848

Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880

Document

Title: Orders No. 90

Signed by L. Thomas. Proceedings from a court of inquiry of Colonel M.L. Bonham investigating the severity of Bonham's wounds.

GLC00911.83

17 May 1848

Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880

Document

Title: Orders No. 95

Signed by L. Thomas. Proceedings from five trials before a military commission on charges of murder and burglary. Colonel M.V. Thompson presiding.

GLC00911.84

23 May 1848

Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880

Document

Title: Orders No.103

Signed by L. Thomas. Docket reads "No. 103." Announces the appointment of Brigadier General S.W. Kearny as civil and military governor of Mexico City and Major W.H. Bell as chief of the Ordnance Department.

GLC00911.85

24 June 1872

Taylor, William Rogers, 1811-1889

Letter signed

Title: to J. W. A. Nicholson

Written in secretarial hand and signed by Rear Admiral Taylor as Commander in Chief of the South Atlantic Fleet to Captain Nicholson of the USS "Lancaster." Tells Nicholson, and any other officers so entitled, to transfer themselves to the USS "Portsmouth" and USS "Supply" to return to the United States.Written while aboard the USS "Lancaster".

GLC03479.43

26 March 1840

Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jesse Hoyt

Written by Commander Stringham at the U.S. Navy Yard in New York to Hoyt as Collector of the Port of New York. Tells Hoyt an anchor landed in New York on the USS "Boston" in May 1839. It was picked up in Havana, Cuba by the "Boston."

GLC03479.09

December 21, 1869

Worth, Margaret, 1828-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

By the daughter of General William Jenkins Worth. Missed Hunt on his last visit. Has spent long hours in a sick room (possibly the room of her mother, Margaret Stafford Worth, who died in 1869). Mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Lovell (possibly Mansfield Lovell) and John Bankhead Magruder, who recently delivered a lecture on Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Discusses the actions of General Winfield Scott in the Mexican American War. Mentions other acquaintances, and notes that when she arrives in New York, she will send Hunt her card (at the time, Hunt was stationed at…

GLC02382.100

January 25, 1870

Worth, Margaret, 1828-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

By the daughter of General William Jenkins Worth. Had previously collected information regarding her father's military service, especially pertaining to the Mexican American War. Notes that she received a statement from Joseph E. Johnston. Mentions Lee's (possibly Robert E. Lee's) opinion regarding the 20 August 1847 Battle of Churubusco. Mentions a bill in Congress introduced by New York Representative Henry Warner Slocum, a Civil War general. Calls the War Department the "mutual admiration society."

GLC02382.101

4 November 1870

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Letter signed

Title: to Ambrose Thompson

Admiral Porter indicates that he has written to B.S. Oslon, the editor of the "Nautical Gazette," to introduce Thompson in hopes that Thompson's articles, which should be of interest to "members of Congress," will be published there. Year is illegible.

GLC03619.02.16

3 June 1874

Brown, Bessie, fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for the memorial he wrote after the death of her father, Harvey Brown. Writes "... we, Father's nearest and dearest, feel that full justice has been done... and that your writing his record has given additional honor to his memory. The paper will ever be to us a dear and precious possession... we were glad you dwelt upon his services in Mexico and at Pickens- for later events seemingly obscured them, and yet as I read your account of those time- I feel that there is something to be very proud of." Written on black-bordered mourning stationery. Envelope possibly accompanies…

GLC02382.206

28 September 1863

Hale, E.J., 1802-1880

Newspaper

Title: Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 43, no. 2417 (September 28, 1863)]

The Battle of Chattanooga - Reports Indecisive, The Mexican Question, English Opinion, Attack on Sabine Pass Reported, Maximilian Has Accepted the Mexican Throne, Battle of Chickamauga Great Success, Reported Treaty Between France & CS in Northern Press, The Battle in Tennessee.

GLC05959.34.16

11 April 1864

Hale, E.J., 1802-1880

Newspaper

Title: Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 47, no. 2445 (April 11, 1864)]

Forrest's Raid, Letter From Chief Justice Pearson, Trouble with Mexico & France.

GLC05959.34.30

3 January 1863

A.S. Willington & Co., fl. 1861-1864

Newspaper

Title: Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 61, no. 19,356 (January 3, 1863)]

Dispatch from Gen. Bragg to Gen. Beauregard, Confederates Attack Rosecrans' Army, The French Army in Mexico, Brilliant victory in Tennessee, near Murfreesboro, Dispatch from Gov. Harris, The French Army in Mexico, Gun-Boats for the Japanese, South Carolina Troops Killed ar Richmond.

GLC05959.37.11

1 January 1864

A.S. Willington & Co., fl. 1861-1864

Newspaper

Title: Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 62, no. 19,655 (January 1, 1864)]

Siege of Charleston, General Bragg Offers to Serve as General Johnston's Chief-of-Staff, General Buckner to Take Command of All the Cavalry in the Dept. of Tennessee, General John Morgan Second in Command, general Banks Received by Mexicans.

GLC05959.37.16

5 August 1863

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 40 (August 5, 1863)]

"Domestic Mission Board -- Its Work and Responsibilities" lists four areas of importance as the cultivation of the domestic field, the army, The Indian Department, and Bible Distributions. A letter to the editor title "James the Least" examines the role of James the Apostle, and another letter describes the "Union of Columbia, Bethel, and Salem Baptist Associations" as a means of consolidation. "The Lesson of the Times" calls Republicanism a failure, following Europe's example. Minutes from the "Baptist State Convention of South Carolina" are included. "Secular News" includes both domestic…

GLC05959.39.32

15 November 1860

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 55, no. 11, 011 (November 15, 1860)]

News from Mexico, What Senator toombs Says, Resolve of Governor Brown of Georgia.

GLC05959.44.01

26 September 1861

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 263 (September 26, 1861)]

News from Arizona, The War in Kentucky, Important from Mexico, Resignation of Fremont, The Civil War in Kentucky.

GLC05959.44.16

2 October 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 84 (October 2, 1863)]

Letter to the editor on opening the courts. Mr. Toombs on currency. Fugitive slave ads. Editorial on more tax instructions. Mexico and Texas. Late reconnaissance up the James River. Feeling in New Orleans. On necessity paper.

GLC05959.51.089

January 15, 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 129, 3784 (January 15, 1864)]

Proposed plan of pacification. Sketches of Quantrell's men: Lieutenant Taylor. Resources of Southern fields and forests. Letter from Mexico. Editorial about Negroes in troops. Indigo. News from the front.

GLC05959.51.106

February 3, 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 137, 3792 (February 3, 1864)]

Sketches of Quantrell's men: William C. Quantrell. News from the front, Galveston. Editorial on blockade restrictions. Paritzan chiefs in the Virginia Valley. Flagship Hartfort with Adm. Farragut on board has sailed for Mobile, News from Mexico, Juarez was at Saltillo on the 12th inst., The blockade restrictions.

GLC05959.51.112

February 5, 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 138, 3793 (February 5, 1864)]

An address by the Texas governor to the state. Matamoras intelligence. Adjutant and inspector general's general orders from Richmond. News from Alexandria. Editorial on blockade trade. Cotton and wool factory.

GLC05959.51.113

12 December 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 181, whole no. 3845 (December 12, 1864)]

Southern dispatches, Matamoros items, galveston epidemic.

GLC05959.54.16

6 March 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 148, whole no. 3879 (March 6, 1865)]

The Goliad meeting, Orangeburg captured by Sherman, Maximillian to be recognized.

GLC05959.54.37

10 May 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 20, whole no. 3907 (May 10, 1865)]

Address of General Jos. O. Selby to his division to go to Mexico rather than surrender.

GLC05959.54.56